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The Sound of Kirby Café: Jazz Style CD & vinyl premiere in December

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The Sound of Kirby Café: Jazz Style CD & vinyl premiere in December
Kirby Café serves food items styled after HAL Laboratory's platforming game series published by Nintendo. These were the chosen venues for distribution of volumes 1 & 2 of "The Sound of Kirby Café" arrangement albums.

The latest installment in the series is The Sound of Kirby Café: Jazz Style, premiering December 12th in Japan on vinyl and compact disc. Harmonic International coordinated with guest arranger Yuko Komiyama, mix engineer Kazunori Okamoto, and guitarist Daisuke Miyazaki. The CD contains 16 jazz renditions and includes a six-page booklet, while the analog record selects eight tracks and includes a two-page leaflet.

Music for the Kirby game series is composed by Jun Ishikawa and Hirokazu Ando. Arrangers contributing to "Sound of Kirby Café 1 & 2" include HAL audio designers Megumi Ohara and Yuuta Ogasawara. The Sound of Kirby Café 2 ships on compact disc from CDJapan, with excerpts of all 27 tracks are streaming on the store's official website.

Kirby Café - The Sound of Kirby Café

CDJapan - The Sound of Kirby Café 2 (CD)

Kirby Café: Jazz Style Vinyl Track List
•Side A
01. はじまりのジャズタイム
02. Hungry Boys にキャラメルを
03. キミとボクとの夢ランド
04. ナッツにココアに、キャンディ添えて


•Side B
01. シャウテッド・ナイツ
02.流星のリビアングラス
03. Café De Humming a Tune